Category Archives: World
Gunmen attack building housing Israeli Consulate in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (AP) - Three assailants opened fire at police outside a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, sparking a gunfight that left one attacker dead, Turkish officials said....
Apr 07, 2026
Trump administration terminates agreements to protect transgender students in several schools
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Education Department said Monday it has terminated agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding rights and protect...
Apr 06, 2026
Artemis II breaks Apollo 13’s distance record with daring moon flyby that included a solar eclipse
HOUSTON (AP) - After traveling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up a lunar cruise that revealed views of the...
Apr 06, 2026
Trump endorses Republican Steven Hilton for California governor, reordering wide-open race
LOS ANGELES (AP) - President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican Steve Hilton for California governor, reordering a crowded, wide-open race to lead the nation's most populous state. Trump posted late...
Apr 06, 2026
Steve Bannon wins Supreme Court order likely to lead to dismissal of contempt of Congress conviction
WASHINGTON (AP) - Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, on Monday won a Supreme Court order that is expected to lead to the dismissal of his criminal conviction for refusing to test...
Apr 06, 2026
Trump issues fiery new threat against Iran as details of US aviator's rescue emerge
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday made new, expletive-laden threats to escalate strikes on Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz by his deadline, af...
Apr 04, 2026
Artemis II toilet acts up again as astronauts speed toward the moon to break Apollo 13's record
HOUSTON (AP) - Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. On the downside, the...
Apr 04, 2026
5.8 magnitude quake hits Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing 8 in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 rattled parts of northern and eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan late Friday, killing at least eight people in Afghani...
Apr 03, 2026
Myanmar’s parliament elects ruling general as president, keeping the army in charge
BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar's parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government in 2021 and kept an iron grip on power for the past five years, as th...
Apr 03, 2026
Cuba releasing 2,010 prisoners as the US pressures the island's government
HAVANA (AP) - The Cuban government said Thursday it would release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island's government with a suffocatin...
Apr 02, 2026